Adams Wildlife Sanctuary - 2315 East Clear Lake Avenue, P.O. Box 20106, Springfield, IL 62703, 217/544.5781.  Hours: sunrise to sunset daily.  Admission: free.  Maintained by the Illinois Audobon Society.  Opportunities include an Environmental Education Center, Discovery  Hikes, Project Wild Activities, and more.  (Watch out for poison ivy, per web site.)  No bikes allowed on trails, per web site.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana-Thomas House - 300 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, IL  62704, 217/782-6776; reservation line: 217/782-6773.  Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  Original F.L. Wright furnishings and architecture - fully restored.

Grand Army Museum - 629 S. 7th Street, Springfield, IL  62703, 217/522-4373.  Call for hours/admission information.

Henson Robinson Zoo - 1100 East Lake Drive, Springfield, IL 662707, 217/753-6217.  Hours:  (call for opening and closing dates of season) Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday/Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Wednesdays during June, July, August 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Admission: Adult/2.50; Child (3-12)/$1.00; Seniors (62+)/$1.25; Children (2 and under) and Members/free.  See web site or call for special days when admission is free (certain conditions may apply).  Opportunities include special focus days, zoo camp, and much more.

Illinois State Museum - Spring & Edwards Streets, Springfield IL 62706, 217/782-7387.  Monday through Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5:00 p.m.; Closed: Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, Day, and New Years Day.  Make reservations (call 800/545-7300) if group is 15 or more.  Admission: Free.  Natural history, the arts, science, Illinois cultural and natural history, and more.

Illinois Symphony Orchestra - 524 1/2 E. Capitol Avenue, P.O. Box 51991, Springfield, IL  62705, 217/522-2838, OR 904 South Eldorado, PO Box 3094, Bloomington, IL  61704, 309/661-2662.  Opportunities include locally-held concerts, chorus, youth orchestra, and more.  See web site or call for ticket/performance information.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site (National Park Service) - 426 South Seventh Street, Springfield, IL.  Follow this link for complete information on touring this historic site.  Many special events.

Oliver Parks Telephone Museum - 529 South 7th Street, Springfield, IL, 217/789-5303.  History of telephone, including many antique phones and related items.

Sangamon Auditorium - Ticket Office: (217) 206-6160. Sangamon Auditorium, located at the University of Illinois at Springfield, offers a performing arts series for youth called Class Acts.  Professional touring companies present educational performances that introduce students to new ideas that will promote their personal and social well being as well as their educational growth.  The 2008-2009 season has 11 different shows including Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, The Phantom Tollbooth, and Miss Bindergarten.

Sangchris Lake State Park - 9898 Cascade Road, Rochester, IL 62563, 217/498-9208.  Call for hours and admission information.  Boat ramp (no sail boats, please), camping, fishing, hiking, and other outdoor activities.

Springfield Ballet Company - 2820 S. MacArthur Blvd., Springfield, IIL 62704, 217/544-1967.  Opportunities include dance training and locally-held performances.  See web site or call for ticket/performance information.

Springfield Children's Museum - 619 East Washington Street, Springfield, IL, 217/789-0679.  Hours: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Admission: Everyone over age 1/$3; chaperones/free; free hours for families - call for details;  Group rates: student/$2; teachers/free - reservation required for group rate.  Opportunities include "Be a Judge," "Touch a Tornado," "Farmers Market," many special programs, and much more.

PLEASE NOTE:  It should go without saying, but HOUSE assumes absolutely no responsibility for anything that occurs while you are partaking of a field trip with your family.  In addition, please contact the site of your field trip before you go to verify that you have current information on hours, admission prices, and other details.  The field trip information herein has been gathered in an exhaustive search of the various counties and localities on the web.  The information is thus only as accurate and current as the information on the various web sites from which it was gathered.

If you have information about field trip possibilities in your area, please drop us an email at admin@illinoishouse.org and let us know about it, including the county name, so that we can review and possibly include it in our Field Trip Idea pages.  If you have a brochure about a field trip site that you would like to mail to us, please mail it to c/o P.O. Box 74, Ringwood, IL  60072

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